Buzz-Worthy Buildings

What new architecture matters now? AD surveyed recently completed projects from around the globe and selected 15 that are not only pushing the boundaries of design and technology but are also shaping up to be some of the most influential structures of the decade

Museo Soumaya

When billionaire Carlos Slim Helú began planning the Mexico City museum—named for his late wife and to house the couple’s more than 60,000 works of art, including the world’s largest private collection of Rodin sculptures—he looked to his architect son-in-law Fernando Romero for the design. Romero, who opened a New York City office last year, created an anvil-shaped, six-level building set on a concrete pedestal like an objet d’art; the concave curves are tiled with hexagonal panels of silvery aluminum.